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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.163
সর্বথা-নিশ্চিত — ইঁহো কৃষ্ণ-অবতার ।
মথুরা আইলা লোকের করিতে নিস্তার ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
sarvathā-niścita — iṅho kṛṣṇa-avatāra
mathurā āilā lokera karite nistāra
“Certainly Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is in all respects the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Now He has come to Mathurā to deliver everyone.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identified with certainty as the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa in all respects.
He has now come to Mathurā.
His purpose in coming is to deliver everyone.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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